Taulignan is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.1
5.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Taulignan counted 1,627 residents and 810 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in six here (18%). Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 39%, more than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Drôme median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Taulignan
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taulignan, 20% of its 1,130 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Taulignan’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Flats: 17%, below 74% of compared French towns. Few places have as many empty homes: 8.7% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Taulignan, the census puts households without a car at 8%.
Since 2012, Taulignan has changed by −1%, slower than 76% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Drôme town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Taulignan sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Taulignan 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 68% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 10% of households are single parents. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,760 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €23,760 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Taulignan ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
In Taulignan, 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Taulignan: 5.6% of residents are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Taulignan (5.6%). Nothing unusual on foreign nationals: 4.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 72% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Taulignan has more single residents than 58% of compared French towns, at 26%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 22%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Taulignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taulignan | 53.1 | 31% | 20% | 5.6% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 4.4 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 7 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 9.8 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 11.1 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 12.2 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 12.9 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Taulignan
What is the population of Taulignan?
1,627 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,650).
How old are Taulignan’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taulignan?
220, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taulignan?
INSEE counts 91 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 68 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taulignan?
€23,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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